American Scientist
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
| Alan Kay |
May 17, 1940 |
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| Alan Perlis |
April 1, 1922 |
February 7, 1990 |
| Alfred Day Hershey |
December 4, 1908 |
May 22, 1997 |
| Alfred Kinsey |
June 23, 1894 |
August 25, 1956 |
| Alfred L. Kroeber |
June 11, 1876 |
October 5, 1960 |
| Alice Hamilton |
February 27, 1869 |
September 22, 1970 |
| Andrew Taylor Still |
1828 |
1917 |
| Andrew Weil |
June 8, 1942 |
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| Anita Borg |
January 17, 1949 |
April 6, 2003 |
| Annie Jump Cannon |
December 11, 1863 |
April 13, 1941 |
| Arno Penzias |
April 26, 1933 |
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| Arthur Caplan |
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| Arthur H. Compton |
September 10, 1892 |
March 15, 1962 |
| Arthur Holly Compton |
September 10, 1892 |
March 15, 1962 |
| Asa Gray |
November 18, 1810 |
January 30, 1888 |
| Barbara McClintock |
June 16, 1902 |
September 2, 1992 |
| Barry Commoner |
May 28, 1917 |
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| Ben Shneiderman |
August 21, 1947 |
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| Benjamin Banneker |
November 9, 1731 |
October 9, 1806 |
| Benjamin Rush |
December 24, 1745 |
April 19, 1813 |
| Benjamin Spock |
May 2, 1903 |
March 15, 1998 |
| Benjamin Whorf |
April 24, 1897 |
July 26, 1941 |
| Bob Metcalfe |
April 7, 1946 |
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| Bram Cohen |
1975 |
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| Brian Behlendorf |
March 30, 1973 |
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| Bruce Schneier |
January 15, 1963 |
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| Burt Rutan |
June 17, 1943 |
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| Burton Richter |
March 22, 1931 |
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| Carl D. Anderson |
September 3, 1905 |
January 11, 1991 |
| Carl Sagan |
November 9, 1934 |
December 20, 1996 |
| Charles Davenport |
June 1, 1866 |
February 18, 1944 |
| Charles Francis Richter |
April 26, 1900 |
April 20, 1985 |
| Charles Richter |
April 26, 1900 |
April 20, 1985 |
| Cleveland Abbe |
December 3, 1838 |
December 29, 1916 |
| Cliff Shaw |
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| Clifford Geertz |
August 23, 1926 |
October 30, 2006 |
| Clyde Tombaugh |
February 4, 1906 |
January 17, 1997 |
| Dan Farmer |
April 5, 1962 |
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| Daniel Nathans |
October 30, 1928 |
November 16, 1999 |
| Dave Parnas |
February 10, 1941 |
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| Dave Winer |
May 2, 1955 |
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| David Baltimore |
March 7, 1938 |
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| David Bohm |
December 20, 1917 |
October 27, 1992 |
| David Kay |
1940 |
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| David Rittenhouse |
April 8, 1732 |
June 26, 1796 |
| Dennis Ritchie |
September 9, 1941 |
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| Dian Fossey |
January 16, 1932 |
December 26, 1985 |
| Donald Cram |
April 22, 1919 |
June 17, 2001 |
| Donald Johanson |
June 28, 1943 |
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| Donald Knuth |
January 10, 1938 |
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| Donald Norman |
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| Drew Endy |
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| E. O. Wilson |
June 10, 1929 |
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| Edward E. Barnard |
December 16, 1857 |
February 6, 1923 |
| Edward Felten |
March 25, 1963 |
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| Edward Lawrie Tatum |
December 14, 1909 |
November 5, 1975 |
| Edward M. Purcell |
August 30, 1912 |
March 7, 1997 |
| Edward Sapir |
January 26, 1884 |
February 4, 1939 |
| Edward T. Hall |
May 16, 1914 |
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| Edwin Powell Hubble |
November 20, 1889 |
September 28, 1953 |
| Elizabeth Blackwell |
February 3, 1821 |
May 31, 1910 |
| Eric Allman |
1955 |
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| Eric Horvitz |
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| Ernest Lawrence |
August 8, 1901 |
August 27, 1958 |
| Esther Dyson |
July 14, 1951 |
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| Eugene Jarvis |
1955 |
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| Frank Press |
December 4, 1924 |
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| Franz Boas |
July 9, 1858 |
December 22, 1942 |
| Fred Brooks |
April 19, 1931 |
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| Frederick W. Taylor |
March 20, 1856 |
March 21, 1915 |
| George Andrew Olah |
May 22, 1927 |
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| George C. Williams |
May 12, 1926 |
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| George Gaylord Simpson |
June 16, 1902 |
October 6, 1984 |
| George Phillips Bond |
May 20, 1825 |
February 17, 1865 |
| George Richards Minot |
December 2, 1885 |
February 25, 1950 |
| George Wald |
November 18, 1906 |
April 12, 1997 |
| George Washington Carver |
January 10, 1864 |
January 5, 1943 |
| Gilbert Newton Lewis |
October 23, 1875 |
March 23, 1946 |
| Grace Hopper |
December 9, 1906 |
January 1, 1992 |
| Hal Abelson |
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| Haldan Keffer Hartline |
December 22, 1903 |
March 17, 1983 |
| Hans Bethe |
July 2, 1906 |
March 6, 2005 |
| Harlow Shapley |
November 2, 1885 |
October 20, 1972 |
| Harvey Cushing |
April 8, 1869 |
October 7, 1939 |
| Helen B. Taussig |
May 24, 1898 |
May 20, 1986 |
| Henry Norris Russell |
October 25, 1877 |
February 18, 1957 |
| Henry W. Kendall |
December 9, 1926 |
February 15, 1999 |
| Herbert Simon |
June 15, 1916 |
February 9, 2001 |
| Herman Kahn |
February 15, 1922 |
July 7, 1983 |
| Howard Aiken |
March 9, 1900 |
March 14, 1973 |
| Howard Scott |
April 1, 1890 |
January 1, 1970 |
| Irving Langmuir |
January 31, 1881 |
August 16, 1957 |
| Isaac Asimov |
January 2, 1920 |
April 6, 1992 |
| J Allard |
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| J. Allen Hynek |
May 1, 1910 |
April 27, 1986 |
| Jack Kilby |
November 8, 1923 |
June 20, 2005 |
| James Bryant Conant |
March 26, 1893 |
February 11, 1978 |
| James D. Watson |
April 6, 1928 |
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| James Hansen |
March 29, 1941 |
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| James Mooney |
1861 |
1921 |